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. 2024 Oct 30;9(10):e016406. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016406

Table 1. Number of operating public hospitals and reduction percentage (%) in 18 states of Sudan from 15 April 2023 to 15 April 2024.

Sudan states (n=18 states) Number of public hospitals operating in Sudan before 15 April 2023 (before the war) Number of public hospitals operating in Sudan from 15 April 2023* to 18 December 2023† Change status Reduction (%) in operating public hospitals since the start of the war compared with before the war Number of public hospitals operating in Sudan after 18 December 2023† Change status Reduction (%) in operating public hospitals after 18 December 2023, compared with before the war
Blue Nile 18 18 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i001.jpg 0.0% 18 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i002.jpg 0.0%
White Nile 41 41 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i003.jpg 0.0% 30 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i004.jpg 26.80%
Sennar 37 37 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i005.jpg 0.0% 37 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i006.jpg 0.0%
South Kordofan Kordofan 14 13 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i007.jpg 7.10% 13 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i008.jpg 7.10%
West Kordofan 20 20 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i009.jpg 0.0% 19 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i010.jpg 5%
North Kordofan 37 31 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i011.jpg 16.20% 31 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i012.jpg 16.20%
South Darfur 21 19 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i013.jpg 9.50% 19 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i014.jpg 9.50%
North Darfur 24 16 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i015.jpg 33.3 16 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i016.jpg 33.3
West Darfur 10 10 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i017.jpg 0.0% 10 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i018.jpg 0.0%
East Darfur 5 5 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i019.jpg 0.0% 5 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i020.jpg 0.0%
Central Darfur 10 10 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i021.jpg 0.0% 6 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i022.jpg 40%
Gezira 89 89 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i023.jpg 0.0% 39 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i024.jpg 56.20%
Nile River 42 42 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i025.jpg 0.0% 42 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i026.jpg 19%
Northern State 34 34 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i027.jpg 0.0% 34 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i028.jpg 0.0%
Al Qadarif 30 30 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i029.jpg 0.0% 30 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i030.jpg 0.0%
Kassala 29 27 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i031.jpg 6.90% 27 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i032.jpg 6.90%
Khartoum 53 22 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i033.jpg 58.50% 22 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i034.jpg 58.50%
Red Sea 26 26 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i035.jpg 0.0% 26 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i036.jpg 0.0%
Total‡ 540 480 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i037.jpg 11.10% 377 graphic file with name bmjgh-9-10-i038.jpg 30.20%

The cells marked with a green dot indicates states with no change in the numbers of operating public hospitals. Cells marked with yellow dots indicate states with <10% reduction,; orange dots indicate a reduction of 10%–40%,; red dots indicate a reduction of >40% in the numbers of operating public hospitals, respectively.

*

15 April , 2023 marks the start of the war, beginning in Khartoum State, where the capital Khartoum is located.** December , marks the date the RSF seized control of Wad Madani, Sudans second largest and a strategic city, located in Gezira State, where thousands of internally displaced Sudanese and referred sought refuge following the outbreak of war.

†

18 December 2023 marks the date the Rapid Support Forces seized control of Wad Madani, Sudan’s second largest and a strategic city, located in Gezira State, where thousands of internally displaced Sudanese and referred patients sought refuge following the outbreak of war.

‡

Table data is provided by the Sudan Federal Ministry of Health which only pertains to public hospitals. Private hospitals are not included in the data.